Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Birthday

A Birthday Present
by Sylvia Plath What is this, behind this veil, is it ugly, is it beautiful? It is shimmering, has it breasts, has it edges? I am sure it is unique, I am sure it is what I want. When I am quiet at my cooking... Continue reading A Birthday Present

Poem On His Birthday
by Dylan Thomas In the mustardseed sun, By full tilt river and switchback sea Where the cormorants scud, In his house on stilts high among beaks And palavers of birds This sandgrain day in the bent bay's grave He celebrates and spurns His driftwood thirty-fifth... Continue reading Poem On His Birthday

Birthday of but a single pang
by Emily Dickinson Birthday of but a single pang That there are less to come -- Afflictive is the Adjective But affluent the doom --... Continue reading Birthday of but a single pang

A Prayer for a Mother's Birthday
By Henry Van Dyke Lord Jesus, Thou hast known A mother's love and tender care: And Thou wilt hear, while for my own Mother most dear I make this birthday prayer. Protect her life, I pray, Who gave the gift of life to me; And... Continue reading A Prayer for a Mother's Birthday

Stella's Birthday
by Jonathan Swift STELLA'S BIRTHDAY MARCH 13, 1719 Stella this day is thirty-four, (We shan't dispute a year or more:) However, Stella, be not troubled, Although thy size and years are doubled, Since first I saw thee at sixteen, The brightest virgin on the green;... Continue reading Stella's Birthday